The phrase "a mere letter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to downplay the significance of a letter, suggesting that it is not important or substantial.
Example: "I thought the news would be more impactful, but it was just a mere letter informing me of the changes."
Alternatives: "just a letter" or "only a letter".
This is also why a mere letter or poem could have such grave consequences in the 18th century.
Better yet, though, the Court should take the occasion to say that a mere letter, whatever its content, does not merit judicial deference, precisely because it bypasses the process of public input that we should want the executive branch to adopt in forming views on important policies.
Berlusconi produced a mere letter of intent to win over fellow leaders at the G20 last week, labour reform will depend on talks with unions and a last-minute plan for a sell off of state farmland worth €6bn was reported on Sunday.
Arabic is such a language that the simple addition of a mere letter to a word can completely change the entire meaning of it.
A mere letter supporting or opposing a regulatory policy can have a formidable effect if the right names are on it.
"It is one of those better-to-be-dead-than-alive days you get in the north of England in February, the space between the land and sky a mere letter box of squeezed light, the sky itself unfathomably banal.
Of course, beyond the mere letter of the law, there is also the "spirit of the law," and by that standard, there's much to dislike in this whole arrangement, even if you do not necessarily believe that the mere appearance of impropriety is a threat to good governance.
Take E=mc2, a mere three letters and one midget number to describe the entire universal connection between energy and mass.
So, on the cover of hers, Cheryl manages to look virtuously princess-like but plainly wronged – while in naming his memoir after the US presidential retreat near Thurmont, Maryland, Walliams has managed two clever tricks: 1) Sending the origins of his title several thousand feet over at least some of his audience, but 2) making the most important point in a mere nine letters.
A mere seven letters of genetic code, new research shows.
The measure of a student's effort cannot be and should not be determined by mere letters and numbers.
